Machine for making pinless clothes-lines.



A. J. MASON.

MACHlNE FOR MAKING PINLESS CLOTHES LINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 191a.

1,2924%,76'? Patented May 1, 1917.

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A. J. MASON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PINLESS CLOTHES LINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1916.

1,224,767 Patented May 1, 1917.

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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIl/IIIIIIIIIIII Mason ANDREW J. MASON, or GRANITE, OKLAHOMA.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PINLESS CLOTHES-LINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 191?.

Application filed May 9, 1916, Serial No. 96,345. i

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. Mason, a citizen of the United States, residing at Granite, in the county of Greer and State of Oklahoma, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Pinless Clothes-Lines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in machines for making pinless clothes-lines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of machines for making pinless clothes-lines and to provide a simple, practical, and comparatively inexpensive machine designed for use in the household for making pinless clothes-lines as required and capable of easy operation by an inexperienced person to produce a twisted wire clothes-line provided at intervals with loops to receive the clothes and other fabrics to be hung on the clothes-line.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a clothes-line forming machine constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, i

.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line H of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention the machine for pinless clotheslines comprises in its construction, a table top or bench 1 preferably supported by folding legs 2 and carrying a rotary twisting device 3 and a pair of loop forming and wire clamping members 4 and 5. The legs may be conveniently formed of a single piece of rod metal having a connecting pintle portion 6, mounted in suitable eyes 7 and adapted to permit the legs to fold beneath the top 1. The legs are secured in their vertical operative position by means of inclined braces 8 pivoted at their lower ends at 9 to the adj acent legs and provided with longitudinal slots 10 for the reception of a suitable fastening device for securing the braces against sliding movement.

The rotary twisting device consists of a wheel 12, a hollow spindle 18 and a cap 14 mounted on the inner end of the spindle in spaced relation with the wheel. The wheel is provided at the outer side with an extended hub portion 15 and it is secured by a setscrew 16 or other suitable fastening device to the outer portion of the hollow spindle. The hollow spindle is mounted in a bearing 17 and the cap 14 which may be threaded on the inner end of the spindle is provided with spaced perforations 18 through which pass strands 19 of wire of a suitable gage which are fed into the machine from the outer end of the hollow spindle. The strands of wire are spaced by the perforations as they leave the twisting device and the said strands may be readily twisted together or spread apart to form loops as hereinafter fully explained. The wheel is adapted to be rotated to twist the wire strands alternately in opposite directions so that the twisting of the wire will not cause the same to kink up at the outer end of the wheel hub or extension.

The wire holding member or clamp 5 consists of a vertical bar or shank and a hori' zontal arm 20 extending outwardly from the upper end of the bar or shank and disposed transversely of the table over a recess 21 which is preferably provided with a lining or wear plate 22 of sheet metal or other suitable material. The lower end of the shank or bar of the wire holding member or clamp is connected by a light rod or wire 23 with a treadle 24 adapted to be depressed to draw the arm 20 downwardly into engagement with the strands of wire for holding the same while the wire is being twisted. The shank or bar is provided intermediate of its ends with a perforation 25 receiving a loop 26 of a coiled spring 27 which is adapted to lift the clamping member when pressure is removed from the treadle 2a to release the wire automatically.

The loop-forming member 4L, which is located at a point between the rotary twisting device and the clamping member 5, consists of a shank or bar slidable vertically through. an opening in the table top, like the shank or bar of the clamping member 5, and provided at the upper end with a head 28 extending forwardly and provided with an outer horizontal clamping face or portion 29 and having an inner depending tapered wire-engaging portion 291 presenting an outer vertical face and an inner inclined face and adapted to separate the strands of wire to form a loop or untwisted portion to receive the clothes to be hung on the line. The lower end of the shank or bar of the loop forming member is connected by a light rod or wire 30 with a treadle 31 adapted to be depressed by the foot to carry the tapered portion of the head in engagement with the wire. The shank or bar of the loop-forming member is provided with a perforation 82 receiving a loop 33 of a coiled spring 34: which is adapted to elevate the loop-forming member automatically when the pressure of the foot is removed from the treadle or pedal.

In the operation of the machine the strands of wire are passed through the perforation 18 which space the strands'of wire and the wire is clamped by the arm 20 by the operation of the clamping member 5 and the slight twisting of the wire is elfected by arotary movement of the wheel to the right. The wire is then drawn through the rotary twisting member and the untwisted portions are clamped by the head 28, the lower flat horizontal face 29 resting upon and clamping the outer wire and the tapered or wedge shaped depending portion 291 extending between the inner and outer wires and presenting its inner inclined ed ge'to the inner wire. The wire strands are thus held slightly apart to form the loop, and the wheel is then rotated to the left to cause a second and reverse twist in the wire. The machine re quires very little skill to operate it and the line formed by twisting the strands of wire may be advantageously employed for various other purposes than hanging clothes, such as for instance the supporting and display of goods in general merchandise stores and various other places. i

The hollowspindle is j ournaled in a bearing formed by a clip embracing the hollow spindle between the wheel and the cap and having sides extended through the top 1 and provided at their lower ends with nuts 36.

What is claimed is 1. A machine of the class described including a support, a rotary twisting member having spaced openings and mounted on the support, said openings being arranged to receive and space strands of wire, and a loopforming member having a projecting portion arranged to extend between the strands of wire and having also an outer portion adapted to clamp one of the wires while the strands are being twisted, whereby a loop is formed.

2. A machine of the class described including a support, a rotary twisting member having spaced openings and mounted on the support and a loop-forming member having a projecting tapered portion arranged to extend between the strands of wire and further spread the same and having also an outer portion adapted to clamp one of the wires while the strands are being twisted, and a wire clamp spaced from the loopforming member.

3. A machine of the class described including a support having vertical openings, a rotary twisting device mounted on the support in alinement with the openings and provided with spaced apertures adapted to receive strands of wire, vertically movable members having shanks or bars slidable in the said openings, one of the members being provided with a clamping arm and the other member having a head with a projecting portion arranged to extend between the strands for forming a loop.

4. A machine of the class described cluding a support having vertical openings, a rotary twisting device mounted on the support in alinement with the openings and provided with spaced apertures adapted to receive strands of wire, vertically movable members having shanks or bars slidable in the said openings, one of the members being provided with a clamping arm and the other member having a head with a projecting portion arranged to extend between the strands for forming a loop, springs mounted on the support for elevating the shanks or bars, and treadles connected with the shanks or bars for depressing the same.

5. A machine of the class described including a support, a rotary twisting device comprising a hollow spindle mounted upon the support, a cap fitted on one end of the hollow spindle and provided with spaced apertures, a wheel mounted on the outer end of the spindle, a bearing embracing the hollow spindle between the cap and the wheel, and wire clamping means carried by the support.

6. A machine of the class described inmeans for operating the vertically movable eluding a support, a rotary wire twisting demember. 10 vice having spaced apertures and mounted In testimony whereof I afiix my signature on the support, a vertically movable member in presence of tWo witnesses.

5 slidable through the support and provided ANDREW J. MASON. above the same with a head having a depend- Witnesses: ing tapering portion arranged to extend be- I. H. BIEHREY, tween the strands of Wire to form loops, and Y W. D. REEVES.

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